Over the next 5 months I will be updating this blog with new weekly posts about the game of tennis. Each post will have a certain "theme" involved with it that ties back to the game. This weeks theme will be about the basics of the game of tennis.
First, we will start with scoring. Check out this awesome video that explain step by step about the scoring.
The two opponents take turns serving back and forth for an entire game. Opponents do not just play one game to determine the winner. There are 6 games in a set and best of 3 sets in a match. This means, you play your opponent until you win 6 games. Once you have won 6 games, this means you are up 1 set to 0. You then play until the person wins the best out of three. There are many different national leagues around the world with many different rules. Some leagues play to 8 games, some play best of 5 sets.
Now, we can continue on to the actual tennis court, and how it is broken down. Depending on your style, you can choose to play singles or doubles. Many people who play singles are often self motivated, while doubles players often rely on each other to work together to win games. Both singles and doubles are equally fun, and I advise you to try both!
The line across the middle represents the net. In singles, the line marked singles sideline is the out of bounds like, in doubles, the line mark doubles sideline is.
Picture Courtesy of http://www.sporting-central.com/tennis-rules.html
I'll leave you with that information to absorb!
Hey Sierra, I was wondering does it matter when you are starting the game which side you are starting the serve on. I like the picture that showed me what each spot on the court means. Also, the video really hlep me learn more about the game because i have seen it on T.V. all the time and did not know so much about it. The last thing I wanted to say was if both people won six games in a set what would happen then. Look forward to the next post.
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteThe first person who serves always starts serving from their right side. If both players tied games then what would happen next is a tie breaker. Tie breakers can be very complicated usually played to 10 or 12 points, this scoring just simply goes 1 2 3 and so on. It would be the first person to get to 10 or 12 points winning by two.